Matte Larvikite 8mm Round Faceted Large Hole - 8-inch - CLEARANCE nye_limited_worst Howlite can be easily dyed

Howlite can be easily dyed and is often treated to be blue for use as a substitute for turquoise

as it is softer than both Jasper and Rhyolite

and opalescence or lustrous sheen in opaque samples

Red Australian Picture Jasper

Matte Larvikite 8mm Round Faceted Large Hole - 8-inch - CLEARANCE nye_limited_worst Howlite can be easily dyedThe name originates from the town of Larvik, Norway where this type of igneous rock is found. Legend has it that it came to the world? s attention in the 1890s when a local geologist saw it glimmering in the moonlight and recommended that it be submitted as a representative stone from Norway to the World? s Fair in Germany. It won 1st price and has been used ever since in sculpture, jewelry, and architecture. It is not a granite, rather a feldspar